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CHAPTER Y. 



DISEASES OF THE GREYHOUND Continued. 

 2. GENEEAL DISEASES, WITHOUT INCREASED ACTION OF THE HEAET. 



Chronic Rheumatism Chest-founder Kennel-lameness Chorea, or St. 

 Vitus's Dance Rickets Enlarged Joints Chronic general Dropsy : from 

 diseased Kidneys Cancer and other Malignant Diseases Epilepsy 

 Anaemia. 



CHRONIC RHEUMATISM (CHEST-FOUNDER, KENNEL- 

 LAMENESS). 



CHRONIC RHEUMATISM in the dog is, as far as my experience goes, 

 almost entirely confined to the muscular system, and does not 

 often attack the joints as in the human subject, except in 

 very old and worn-out dogs, which have done much hard work, 

 such as pointers and setters, &c. It may be either the sequel of 

 the acute form, or it may arise independently of it, and in that 

 case is very insidious in its approaches. In either case it inter- 

 feres with the usefulness of the animal, but in the latter condition 

 it is even more likely to lead to that state which is often called 

 palsy, than when it follows upon an attack of rheumatic fever as 

 a consequence of cold. Chest-founder and kennel-lameness are 

 the two most common varieties of chronic rheumatism, and are 



